overromanticize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English romanticize English overromanticize From over- + romanticize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To romanticize too much.
It's easy to overromanticize the Middle Ages, but they were full of plague and poverty.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overromanticizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overromanticized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overromanticized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overromanticizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi yliromantisoida (to romanticize too much)